Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment
process that identifies medical, psychosocial, and functional capabilities of older adults to …

Neurological disorders are the leading cause of global disability. However, for most people
around the world, current neurological care is poor. In low-income countries, most …

In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the first World report on ageing
and health. 1 This was followed in 2016 by the World Health Assembly's adoption of a …

Frailty is the most problematic expression of population ageing. It is a state of vulnerability to
poor resolution of homoeostasis after a stressor event and is a consequence of cumulative …

Purpose: There is a need for valid and reliable short scales that can be used to assess
social networks and social supports and to screen for social isolation in older persons …

To review the literature on the MNA® to Spring 2006, we searched MEDLINE, Web of
Science & Scopus, and did a manual search in J Nutr Health Aging, Clin Nutr, Eur J Clin …

Health and care services have failed to keep up with this dramatic demographic shift. The
NHS has designed hospital medical specialties around single organ diseases. Primary care …

Objective To assess the effects of inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for geriatric
patients compared with usual care on functional status, admissions to nursing homes, and …

BACKGROUND:: As more and more cancers occur in elderly people, oncologists are
increasingly confronted with the necessity of integrating geriatric parameters in the treatment …

Frailty is an age-related, multi-dimensional state of decreased physiologic reserve that
results in diminished resiliency and increased vulnerability to stressors. It has proven to be …